Several groups led by Native American activists are planning protests for Trump’s July 3 visit, part of Trump's “comeback” campaign for a nation reeling from sickness, unemployment and, recently, social unrest. Many Native Americans activists say the Rushmore memorial is as reprehensible as the many Confederate monuments being toppled around the nation. Borglum was a member of the Klu Klux Klan, according to Mount Rushmore historian and writer Tom Griffith. He left that project and instead spent years in South Dakota completing Mount Rushmore. He hopes a similar movement for Native Americans comes from the Black Lives Matter movement.

Source: Fox News June 25, 2020 04:41 UTC